Lane fears that he may have offended Ragan after commenting on his lack of masculinity.

While the oil rig salesman practised with a miniature version of an accuracy game that will form part of an upcoming competition, Ragan attempted to pass back to him an errant ball by throwing it underarm, which prompted Lane to quip: "You do have testicles."

The rather down-looking professor then headed back into the house alone soon after the comment, causing Lane to worry that he may have caused offence to the openly gay houseguest.

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"I wasn’t being mean about it," Lane insisted to Brendon and Hayden. "After that I don't think he is happy. I’d expect someone to say [to me] 'You have sand in your pussy.' I would take that as a joke."

Brendon waved off the Southern boy's concerns, stating: "You can only be so sensitive with Ragan. Eventually you're gonna hurt him. I guess you got more time [to practise] if you piss him off and he doesn’t want to come back out here."

After finishing his turn on the dummy challenge, Lane headed into the house and repeated to Britney what had occurred out in the garden.

"They were giving me a hard time out there, saying I've probably pissed him off. I think he's just mad because this is not what he's expecting for [HOH]," he said.

Lane eventually located Ragan sitting alone on the square seating area, and apologised for any offence he had caused.

"I'm from Texas and I don’t think before I speak," he explained. "You can say I have a vagina if you want. If you give me balls, I don’t know what I say. I'm a jock - I got a jock brain."

Ragan laughed and assured Lane that he wasn't at all upset by the comments, but thanked him for checking to see how he was feeling all the same.